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self; if you will jump I will catch you safely." Little Mary hesitated, and then advanced a little further. Then summoning all her resolution, she threw herself forward, and was received safely in her father's arms. But this was faith in her father, and not in God.
II. I will now try and explain what faith in God is.
Little Susan was at school a few miles from London, her mother called to take her with her for a few days. She was soon dressed and ready, and, coming to the road, a coach came up, and her mother stopped it, intending to get in. But
